Tutor news: Hayley Lock
Posted: 14/03/22 10:34 | 0 Comments
OCA tutor Hayley Lock has curated a new show in London – Frequencies (for healing) – open now until mid June.
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Study event review: Nathan Eastwood’s studio
Posted: 08/03/22 11:17 | 1 Comments
After an excellent visit to Eddie’s ‘End of Degree Show’ in the morning at Halpern Gallery, Nucleus Arts Centre, we walked along Chatham High St to Nathan Eastwood’s studio at Sun Pier House. Nathan greeted us at the entrance and showed us to his shared studio space on the second floor. The information sheet Nathan kindly provided explained his artistic journey from MA to current practice.
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Study event review: ‘Collocations – pain & trauma’, Chatham Kent.
Posted: 08/03/22 10:56 | 7 Comments
This was a study event with a big difference for me to all the others I have attended with OCA – instead of looking at other artist’s work, in this instance, I was the subject of the study visit.
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Introducing the Painting department programme tutors
Posted: 01/03/22 10:55 | 1 Comments
In a new development at OCA, we have introduced the new role of Programme Tutor. For painting, the programme tutors support the Head of Department and tutor team to develop the degree programme and to support the learning community to thrive and feel at home in the painting department.
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Augmented Reality – what place does this have in art?
Posted: 23/02/22 02:12 | 8 Comments
The primary focus for Artivive, going by their website, appears to be its use in galleries, but I was beginning to see the potential beyond that context. What if artists could add an audio track for people with literacy difficulties? Or a video of themselves talking about the work? Or how about a video comprising photos showing how the finished piece came about?
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LGBT+ History Month
Posted: 17/02/22 04:22 | 0 Comments
February is LGBT+ History Month in the UK, a month-long annual celebration of lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, and non-binary history.
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Painting and Drawing student work Autumn 2021
Posted: 17/12/21 02:32 | 13 Comments
As Programme Leader for the BA (Hons) Painting and the BA (Hons) Drawing degrees at OCA I am delighted to present a curated exhibition of the work presented by the students in both departments for the Autumn 2021 assessment event.
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Jim Cowan is retiring after 32 years with OCA
Posted: 05/10/21 12:37 | 6 Comments
As Programme Leader for the painting dept, I am pleased to be in conversation this month with artist and tutor James Cowan. James has worked for OCA since September 1988 (the year I sat my A Levels) and his experience and, I would suggest in particular, his rich art historical knowledge has been an asset for students over the years. Jim is leaving us in the months ahead so I’m taking the opportunity to have a conversation with him now and hear about his own practice and also listen to his unique insight into the development of OCA.
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Image-making and image-faking
Posted: 21/09/21 10:14 | 2 Comments
How do you balance healthy scepticism (and the urge to debunk) with openness to new information and the desire to believe? Sometimes, when it comes to image-making and image-faking, all it takes is a few hoax fairy photos to remind you to maintain your sense of wonder…and look a little closer.
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Student work: OCA Painting & Drawing summer assessment 2021 exhibition
Posted: 08/09/21 09:53 | 8 Comments
We would like to invite you to view below a curation of work produced in the drawing and painting departments at the Open College of the Arts. The work is from our summer 2021 assessment event and includes students at HE4 – HE6.
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